Overbury Farms News

Where Molson Coors get their Barley

Where Molson Coors get their Barley

  • 22 Apr 2016
  • Overbury Farms

On Wednesday 20th April at the Old Village Shop, Overbury Farms hosted the national account managers for the Molson Coors Brewery for one of their quarterly team meetings.

The event started in The Club Room with a presentation form Jerry Dyson (Senior Category Manager (Global) Brewing Materials) and then a few words from James Cox, farmer from Stroud (Steering Group member) and the William Fox, (farm trader for Frontier).


Lambing Day Success

Lambing Day Success

  • 8 Apr 2016
  • Events, Overbury Farms, Sheep

Sunday (3rd April 2016) saw hundreds of people ‘flocking’ to Overbury to see the lambs at our Lambing Live 2016 event. Over 600 people came and enjoyed a tractor and trailer ride up to our lambing sheds where they met the ewes, their new arrivals and our Shepherd Reg and the team.   There were talks from the Warreners, a...


Tree Pruning on the Farm

Tree Pruning on the Farm

  • 29 Jan 2016
  • Overbury Farms

On the farm, we prune trees to extend their life by encouraging new growth. Pruning also makes the trees safe for the general public.  By removing the dead wood there is less chance of any mis-haps.  The tree surgeons will remove the weight from the top of the trees to reduce the risk of them blowing over in windy weather (which is...


Fantastic Farms!

Fantastic Farms!

  • 17 Jul 2015
  • Overbury Farms

When we wrote our previous blog about Open Farm Sunday (7th June 2015) being a record breaker, little did we know that the original figures were on the conservative side.  Instead of the 250,000 people estimated to have attended an Open Farm Sunday event this year, in fact it was 291,000 (over 40,000 more than the original estimate). Nationally...


Record breaking Open Farm Sunday 2015

Record breaking Open Farm Sunday 2015

  • 12 Jun 2015
  • Overbury Farms

Sunday 7th June 2015 saw the 10th anniversary of Open Farm Sunday. Here at Overbury Farms we are proud to have been a part of it since the beginning. Sunday was a lovely clear, dry day: perfect for great views from the hill. The first trailer of visitors set off at 9am, followed by further trailers at 11am, 1.30pm and 3pm. The tour of...


Overbury Farms - our redevelopment plans

Overbury Farms - our redevelopment plans

  • 22 May 2015
  • Overbury Farms

Exciting news. We are looking to upgrade our farm buildings at Middle Barn on Crashmore Lane. We have very recently submitted plans to Wychavon District Council with our planning advisors GP Planning. By building new grain storage and drying facilities (and converting our existing newer storage for other farm uses) we are hoping to have a...


Lambing Live 2015

Lambing Live 2015

  • 23 Apr 2015
  • Events, Overbury Farms, Sheep

Overbury Farms Lambing Live event took place on Sunday 19th April 2015.  It was a chilly but dry day and the car park soon filled up.           The tractor and trailer rides proved very popular and made trip after trip up to the lambing sheds.       Some lucky visitors got to see a lamb being born.  At...


Another year of Wychall visits

Another year of Wychall visits

  • 13 Jan 2015
  • Events, Overbury Farms

A rather cold and windy day greeted the school children from Wychall School in Birmingham as they visited the farm today.  However after the forecast on Friday we managed to stay outside all day, which was a bonus.  The children started off being split into 4 groups, the first looking at the vegetables being grown in the kitchen garden.  There...


Hatchery Tour

Hatchery Tour

  • 22 May 2014
  • Events, Overbury Farms

  On Thursday 15th May, Head Keeper Paul Gillett took a trailer full of tenants around the Overbury Farms hatchery.     After the success of last year residents were once again invited to come along and join us for a hatchery tour - with the weather much improved to 2013! Paul took us through the the hatching process, from egg...


Lambing Day 2014

Lambing Day 2014

  • 15 Apr 2014
  • Events, Overbury Farms, Sheep

Our annual lambing live day took place this year on Sunday 13th April 2014. With the sun shining (very unlike last year) and volunteers at the ready, we opened our doors at 10 am.       What a wonderful day we had. Over 850 adults and children came to visit our lambing sheds over the course of the day. We had two tractor and...